Summit is a town in Muskogee County, Oklahoma, United States. It was originally called "South Muskogee" when it was platted in 1910, and is one of 13 all-black towns still surviving at the beginning of the 21st century. The population was 108 at the time of the 2020 Census,
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Racial and ethnic composition
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|+Summit town, Oklahoma – Racial and ethnic composition<br><small></small>
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(NH = Non-Hispanic)</small>
!Pop 2000
!Pop 2010
!
!% 2000
!% 2010
!
|-
|White alone (NH)
|13
|24
|style='background: #ffffe6; |16
|5.75%
|17.27%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |14.81%
|-
|Black or African American alone (NH)
|190
|105
|style='background: #ffffe6; |69
|84.07%
|75.54%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |63.89%
|-
|Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)
|3
|7
|style='background: #ffffe6; |11
|1.33%
|5.04%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |10.19%
|-
|Asian alone (NH)
|8
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|3.54%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%
|-
|Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH)
|1
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|0.44%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%
|-
|Other race alone (NH)
|0
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|0.00%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%
|-
|Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)
|7
|3
|style='background: #ffffe6; |8
|3.10%
|2.16%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |7.41%
|-
|Hispanic or Latino (any race)
|4
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |4
|1.77%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3.70%
|-
|Total
|226
|139
|style='background: #ffffe6; |108
|100.00%
|100.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |100.00%
|}
2020 census
As of the 2020 census, Summit had a population of 108. The median age was 54.7 years. 23.1% of residents were under the age of 18 and 22.2% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 96.4 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 93.0 males age 18 and over.
0.0% of residents lived in urban areas, while 100.0% lived in rural areas.
There were 46 households in Summit, of which 37.0% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 43.5% were married-couple households, 19.6% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 30.4% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 19.6% of all households were made up of individuals and 6.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
Historic sites
NRHP-listed sites in Summit include:
- W.E.B. DuBois School
- St. Thomas Primitive Baptist Church
- Reverend L.W. Thomas Homestead
See also
- Boley, Brooksville, Clearview, Grayson, Langston, Lima, Redbird, Rentiesville, Taft, Tatums, Tullahassee, and Vernon, other "All-Black" settlements that were part of the Land Run of 1889.